Did you know?

Jul 22, 2022

It’s that one week in the year Terry Kennedy has headed North with his family and left the office for a crocodile infested creek.

We all know Terry Kennedy lives and breathes sport and has from an early age but sometimes it’s the details that tell you the most about a person and we’ve got some TK details for you straight from his long time friend Brett Greene for you to get to know the real TK.

Tipping comes naturally

Everyone knows TK loves a great tip. When he leaves the office on a Friday his last words are often, what’s your best tip for the weekend? And it doesn’t have to be just horses, TK loves league too.

Not everyone knows though that TK grew up penciling for his dad, a bookie, at the dogs and trots in Sydney. You would find him out there every weekend and some might say that’s where he got the bug.

TK was in your living room in the 80s

Well he was if you were in QLD! TK read the sports news back when it was Channel 0, before it became Channel 10 in Brisbane. 

And for those QLD locals, every Sunday night when it was pens down, TK would head to the Breakfast Creek Hotel for a steak with his mates. Competing stations couldn’t keep mates apart as TK, Billy J Smith, Patty Welsh, David Fordham and Brett Greene ate away the week’s stresses on the best steak in town. We just can’t tell you what happened after the steak!

Last hurrah at the Melbourne Cup

The first Tuesday of November is one of the biggest days on the racing calendar, it’s the day when horse racing is the only topic of conversation, friends and family enjoy each other’s company over champagne and legends of the turf are made. 

For TK it marked the end of an era and the start of something that would still be standing today. TK will admit, with a little prompting of course, that on a boys trip to the Melbourne Cup in the nineties guilt got the better of him. In what might be considered a well lubricated conversation TK rang his then partner and declared his love, and the need for someone to look after him better than he was, and asked for her hand in marriage. And today, as you read this, he and his lovely wife are on holidays with the mostly grown kids in the Northern Territory. Thanks for looking after this lad Karen

And the winner is Sidenay!

No not NSW Tycoons, Sidenay, the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney. 

The 2000 Olympics in Sydney is where TK made his Olympic debut. His debut as a TV host for Seven that is. It was 24 hours a day for the fortnight of the Olympics and a time that TK will cherish for life. TK will often tell you a snippet from when he was walking the halls at 2am ready to beam Sydney and Australia to the world in international interviews. It was a proud Aussie moment for a sports mad journalist.

“Have a look at those legs”

TK spent 19 years at the Big Sports Breakfast radio show. A time where he started the day alongside horse trainers with a 3am alarm. But even now, years after he has mastered the sleep in til 7am he cannot live down one line, “Have you seen the calves on TK?”

Yes you read that right!

It was only a few weeks ago when TK dropped by the BSB and the line came out again and the discussion around why TK has melons for lower legs happened again. No one has the answer but next time you see TK you might need to ask him to show him yourself!

TK is the friend everyone wants to have by their side and the person who, despite needing to be looked after every day by Karen, is dedicated to his work, his friends and to sport. TK is the man everyone will have a red wine with and the one who’ll be at trackwork the next morning. He is an unstoppable force of fun and passion in The Racing League and he’s only just warming up. 

Did you know?

Jul 22, 2022

Cool Jakey was the King of Warwick Farm  on Wednesday and NSW Tycoons owners would like to package the Metropolitan track and just take it wherever Cool Jakey goes after he kept his undefeated record intact. 

It’s remarkable that ‘Jakey’, trained on track and stabled across the road with Joe Pride, is one of those athletes, albeit of the equine kind, who thrives on his home ground. 

He won on debut at Warwick Farm way back in February of 2023 and the love affair hasn’t ended, Cool Jakey has now won 4 from 4 at ‘The Farm’ and there’s plenty more wins in store for your son of Pierro.

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BOUNCE BACK FACTOR 

As Tycoons were made aware of, there’s a theory in racing that when a horse suffers from cardiac arrhythmia, “you must back it next start” and they win. 

And that was certainly the message after Cool Jakey suffered cardiac arrhythmia the previous start at Randwick, with Joe Pride telling Tycoons in the pre-race late mail, “Don’t worry about what happened last start, the horse is fine and he looks great,” how right Joe was with Cool Jakey leading all the way.

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Cool Jakey battling to the line with Emmadella

Cool Jakey trainer Joe Pride, Brave Pride, Jockey Adam Hyeronimus and TK

Trainer Joe Pride and son Brave Pride, Jockey Adam Hyeronimus and TRL Rep TK

HIPPO FROM BARRIER TO BOX

Adam Hyeronimus was having his first sit on Cool Jakey and he rode him a treat. We joked before the race “just go to the front and improve your position” and that’s exactly what he did. 

“He jumped well and found a nice rhythm straight away, he had a nice time so I let him slide early into it at the 600metres so we did go a bit early. 

“He felt fantastic throughout the run and was doing it easily, so I did get a bit of a surprise how quickly he stopped. 

“So maybe I did go too early, but in saying that, maybe seven furlongs is his upper limit. On that effort he’ll be winning again” Jockey Adam Hyeronimus said.

JOE DELIGHTED

“That was good guys” trainer Joe Pride said, with a big smile to a large contingent of NSW Tycoons on Cool Jakey returning to scale. 

“Look it was nice to see him win on a track that wasn’t bottomless wet, it opens up a lot more opportunities for him. 

“In saying that if there was a 1400m for him in a fortnight on a Good track I would probably be reluctant to start him. We need to nurse him through it and the next month – six weeks isn’t going to be easy because it’s carnival time. 

Cool Jakey the king of Warwick Farm with NSW Tycoons

Cool Jakey in the winners circle with NSW Tycoons’ owners

WHATS NEXT – PACK YOUR BAGS

The Tycoons have been very patient with Cool Jakey and their patience has been rewarded. He is building a very nice career record which stands at only 13 starts for 5 wins and a minor placing and is now pushing the $200,000 in prize money. 

‘Jakey’ has initially pulled up well, but we all know that he is a delicate soul and has to be treated with kindness and Joe is reluctant to push him too hard too quickly. Which is fair enough. 

“We might even consider travelling him maybe to Melbourne or Brisbane for a wet track, we just need to look after him.

“He’s been a good horse for us, we will look after him and his best opportunities will come in the Winter,” Joe concluded. 

Congratulations to all NSW Tycoons and winning connections.

Go you good thing!

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